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What if music were worthless?

What if record labels were irrelevant? What if music-money were taken from corporate hands?

What if no person were to profit from someone else's music?

What if no musician were to profit from his music? What if music-money were taken out of musicians' hands, too?

What if musicians were forced to use whatever equipment, whatever means, whatever tools they could acquire on their own?

What if musicians had to craft their music on their own time, with their own money, in home-made studios, without any hope for profit?

What if music were created at home instead of in expensive studios? What if big-time studios became money-losers instead of money-makers?

What if high "studio standards" and "quality" in recording took a backseat to high standards and quality of writing?

What if, instead of "pristine," "professional," "perfect," recordings, musicians created pure, heartfelt, sincere, do-it-yourself, authentic recordings?

What if musicians released “flawed” recordings with soul instead of “perfect” recordings without heart?

What if bands were not brands?

What if bands did not care to promote themselves in hopes of a cash-in?

What if musicians had no choice but to work day jobs, jobs they despise, jobs that kill their souls...and then come home at night to write, to play, to rehearse, to record their music?

What if music were not a product like Coke or Sony but a hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind creation by artists working alone or together, lovingly, passionately, desperately, tragically?

What if no one bothered worrying whether music were marketable? What if no one created a false "need" for the "musical product," branding and marketing it to "music consumers"?

What if music were written in the vision of the heart and mind instead of the wallet?

What if music were to consume us instead of being consumed by us?

What if music were written in blood instead of on contract?

What if file-sharing programs, music blogs, and other sources of free music are bringing all this about?

Would there be more or fewer bands making excellent music?

Would the quality of music rise or fall?

What if music were free?

What, then, would be the value of music?

music with soul is always good, however, i dont think the profit aspect has to be removed from music for it to be the best it can. there's nothing wrong with making profit off of stuff that has feeling and soul. but music, and every art form, needs heart for it to be good. 3nodding

yes.

of course in an ideal world, the only people making music would be the ones who care about it anyway

This hits the nail on the head for me and this is what I listen for when I listen to any kind of music.

What if musicians had to craft their music on their own time, with their own money, in home-made studios, without any hope for profit?

What if music were created at home instead of in expensive studios? What if big-time studios became money-losers instead of money-makers?

What if musicians had no choice but to work day jobs, jobs they despise, jobs that kill their souls...and then come home at night to write, to play, to rehearse, to record their music?